Take a look at this unnerving video out of Florida the place an 8-foot alligator was filmed casually climbing over a chainlink fence on the Circle B Bar Reserve close to Lakeland on Could 4. WFLA reviews the reptile was inside a fenced space for hikers and used a wood bench to hoist itself over the barrier earlier than falling into the bushes under. Selina Philips (the particular person filming) stated she didn’t discover the gator on the bridge at first:
“That’s the scary half. I had my again turned to the other aspect of the bridge and stopped to have a look at an important blue heron after I heard the noise — an odd loud, heavy clomping sound. So I circled and noticed him half approach up on the bench contained in the fenced space the place (people) normally are. … How did it get there? Did we stroll previous one another? Did it stroll behind me when my again was turned or was he already there? Seeing the climb and the energy and can energy, I walked away extra cautious. … I’m a local Floridian so I’ve seen plenty of gators and nonetheless it was so very cool.”